Clutch and brake lever supporting bracket



Oct 2 1923. 1,469,258

A. e. GEISTERT CLUTCH AND BRAKE LEVER SUPPORTING BRACKET Filed April 5, 1920 l ater-nted Get. 2;, 1923; r

ALBERT G.

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Application filed April},

To all whom it mayfconce rn." 1 v 'Beitknown that I, ALBERT G. Gnrsrnni', a citizen of the United States,and, a reeldent of New York, county of New York, and

State of New York, have inven ted'certa'in' new and useful Improvements in Clutch and Brake Lever Supporting Brackets, of which the following "is'a full, clelanconcise, and exact description, such as will'enable others skilled in the art to which the invention relates'to make and use the same, reference;

being made therein 'to' the accompanying drawings, which form a part of thisspecifii I 7 tion Swhich fit, respectively, 'alongthe side cation;

My invention relates to automobiles and similar self-propelled vehicles, and particularly to an improved foot operated lever mechanism for controlling the clutch through which the driving. engine is discOnnected from the drivingshaft of the Vehicle, andforoperating the brakes of the vehicle. The principal objectof my invention is to provide an'improved foot operated lever mechanism for controlling the clutch and the brake of the vehicle in whichthe entire mechanismwillbe supported by a single bracket'secur'ed at one point to aside frame member of the vehicle, to thereby avoid the use of transversely extending shafts associated with the'brake and clutch mechanisms and supported from the two side'members of theframe of the vehicle,.or from a crossbar extending between said side members, as has heretofore commonly been the case; the entire lever mechanism for operating the brake and clutch mechanisms being supported by a single bracket, which inf'turn is secured to and supported by vone of the side frame members of the vehicle frame in the combined brake and clutch operating mechanism wherein my invention consists, My invention 1s illustratedfm its preferred form in the drawing accompanying and formmg a part of this specification altho the same may. be variously modified with} out departing from the scope of my invention, so long as such alleged modifica tions come within thesco'pe of the concluding claims wherein the distinguishing fea tures in which my invention consists are particularly pointedo'ut. I v i Referring to the drawing, Figure 1 is a fragmentary perspective view illustrating my lnvention and'the manner 1n which the same bracketfi so that the greater 1920. Serial m. trims} frame members of the vehicle frame;

,Referringto the drawing, thereference numeral 5ldesignates one of the two .longitudinally extending side members of the I I frame of. the vehicle, the other member and various other parts of the vehiclenot being Morons con'Ponn -:f-*

is supported ,of: side-" shown as my invention is in no way con- 1 cerned with the elements of the vehicle other ingflange 7 and a laterally extending 'p0r-.

than such as are illustrated in the drawing. I The reference numeral 6: designates a supy aorting bracket the same having a depend-.-

web of the. frame memberand acrossthei top web thereof; and fastening bolts ..9 .ex

tend through these flange portions and serve to fasten the bracket as awholeisecurely f i frame; the said securing means .being,, .as will be observed, located atoneendlof the to the side frame member '5 of bracket extends toone side of plane of the side frame member.

the vehicle "I1 1 partlof the. the ;vertical Located upon -the -upper side bracket 6 andspaced apart from one another are two bearings 10, 11 which bearings are:

therefore located above the plane of the.

upper edgeof the side the reference numeral 12 designatesan oscil lating shaft supported in the bearings arena;

said and extending the frame member;

frame member. 5; and.

across the upper'end of Secured to oneend of the osc'illating-shefti' 12 is an upwardly extending vfoot operated.

lever or pedal 13 having 'aplate 14stits upper end to be engaged, by the foot of the j operator, while" the reference numeral 15 designates an upwardlyextending arm see 7 cured to theother end of. the oscillating shaft 12 so as to move therewithand with the lever 13,.and the upper end ofwhieh,

\arm is' operatively connected with an op- I eratingjrod 16.; The referencenumeral ,17 designates a second foot operated lever ex tending upwardly from the shaft l2, and

having aplate 18 at its upper endto be engagedby the foot of the operator, and

the'lower endv of which lever is provided I with a bearing 19, which surrounds the shaft 7 .12 and fthrough which the said shaft extends to thereby "loosely support thesaid last mentioned lever upon said shaft; said bearingbeing located between the inner bearing of the bracket 6 and the upwardly extending-arm 15. This second men-' tioned lever 'isp'rovided With means interbrake mechanism. of the vehicle and the other with the clutchthereofas will be appreciated.

T r In View of the premises it will be appreciated that the levers concernedwith the o eration of the brake and clutch mechanism of the vehicle; as well as the shaft whereby said levers aresupported, are all supported by means of a single bracket secured to one "of the frame membersyof the vehicle. This form "of clutclrland brake operating mechanism avoids the presence of oscillatin shafts transverse to the frame members an-Q supported bye-bearings carriedone by one frame member and the other by the other,

as has heretofore commonly been the case, or thepresence'of a transversely extending supporting member for supporting the brake mechanism which is a construction i which has also been used; thus providing,

supporting means for the brake and clutch operating mechanism which 1s self-com tained and supported entirely from one of the frame members of the vehicle. The

" supporting of the entire brake and clutch 1 operating mechanism from one member only of the frame avoids strains and pos- 'sible injury to said mechanism due to twisting'iof the frame, which has been vanobjec- "tion in clutchand brake operating mechanism of the kind heretofore commonly used;

as will be appreciated that no twistin'g of the frame as a whole can result in sub- 7 ecting the clutch and lbrake operating mechanism in which my invention consists to strains as the bracket whereby said mechanism is supported is itself secured to one only of the side frame members of the ve- V hicle frame. V

v a bracket having two bearings upon its Having thus described and-explained my invention, claim and desire'to secure by Letters Patentz d p "1. Ina motor vehicle, a' frame. member;

upper side spaced apart from one another, and having also means upon ts under s de whereby the same may be secured to said frame'me mber; an oscillating shaft sup ported in said bearings and extending across theupper end of said frame member; an upwardly extending foot operated lever secured to said shaft and located at one end thereof; an arm secured to the other end of said shaft and extending upwardly therefrom, and the free end of which arm isad'a-pted to be connected with an operat- "iiig rodra second upwardly extending foot operated lever having means whereby. it

can be connected with a second operating.

rod, said second mentioned leverhaving a bearing at its lower end and through which said shaft extends, said bearing being located between the innersiof the. bearings upon said bracket and the upwardly extend;

ing' arm aforesaid. v a

'2; In a motor vehicle, aframe member; a bracket secured to said'frame' member and having two bearings spaced apart from one another; an oscillatingshaft supported in said bearing; an operating lever secured to said shaft and located at one end thereof an arm secured to the other endsof said shaft and the free end of whicharm is adapted to be connected with an operating rod; a second operating lever having a bearing through which said shaft extends and j which bearing is locatedbetvveenoneof the bearings of said bracket and the arm aforesaid, and whereby sa'idsecond lever is loosely supported upon said shaft;- and means whereby said second mentionedclever may be operatively connected with a second operating rod.

3. Ina motor vehicle, a frame'member ;a bracket secured to sald frame member and having two bearings upon its upper side and. spaced apart from one anothenandwhich brackets he above'said frame member; an

oscillating shaft supported in'said bearings and extending across said frame member; an operating lever secured to said shaft and located at one end thereof; anarm securedv to the other end ofsaid shaft and the free end of whichiarm is adapted to be connected with'an operating'rod; a second operating lever having a bearing through which said shaft extends and whereby said second lever V is loosely supported upon said shaft; and

means whereby said second mentioned lever may be connected with a second operating rod] 4.: In a motor vehicle, a frame member; a bracket having two bearings spaced apart from one another, and means located at one,

end thereof'for securing the same to said frame member; an oscillating shaft support- 1 ed 111 said bearings; an operating lever secured to said shaft and located atone'end thereof; an arm secured to the other end of said shaft and extending upwardlyrtherei from and the free end of which arm is adapted to be connected with an operating rod; and asecond operating lever having bearing through which said shaft extends, and'where'by said second lever is loosely sup ported upon said shaft, and which said second lever is adapted to be connectedwith a second operating rod.

5. In a motor vehicle, a bracket secured to saidframemember and havmg two bearmgsspaced apart from one frame member a V V another; an oscillating shaft supported in 7,130 i said bearing; an operating lever secured'to said shaft and located at one end thereof, and having a plate at its upper end to be encured to the other end of said shaft and extending upwardly therefrom, and the free end of which arm is adapted to be con-' nected with an operating rod; and a second operating lever havlng a bearing'through which said shaft extends and whereby said second lever is loosely supported upon said shaft, said second lever having a plate at its upper end adapted to be engaged by the foot of an operator and the same having means whereby it may be operatively connected with a second operating rod.

6. In a motor vehicle, a frame member; a

bracket secured to said frame member and 5 said bearings; an o-perating lever secured an arm secured to the other end of said shaft having two bearingsspaced apart from one p 7 another; an oscillating shaft supported 1n gaged by the foot of an operator; an arm se- .to said shaft and located at one end thereof t r and the free end iof-which arm is adapted to be connected with an operating rod and a lever is adapted to'be connected with a second operating rod.

'25 second operating lever having a, bearing through which said shaft extends and" whereby said second lever is loosely supported upon said shaft, and which second i In testimony whereof-I affix my signature.

ALBERT-G. GEISTERT," 

